Bug#781647: git: git commit --date ignores timezone, always uses UTC/GMT

2015-04-06 Thread RjY
I previously wrote: It seems --date always uses UTC instead of the user's timezone. The issue seems a little more complicated than this; I observe that specifying today's date along with the time picks up that we are in British Summer Time, and gets the correct timezone offset. With only a time

Bug#781647: git: git commit --date ignores timezone, always uses UTC/GMT

2015-04-01 Thread RjY
Package: git Version: 1:2.1.4-2.1 Severity: normal It seems --date always uses UTC instead of the user's timezone. When trying to specify the author date of a commit, I observe: % git ci --date='08:39:39' -am r_patch.c: FillEmptyPixels: code common to createPatch/Texture [master